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Project Runway: Take the cake, but not the Kate

That was my verbal reaction when Kate, brought back from season 11 to compete again, was eliminated alongside Alexander Pope during this week’s textile design challenge.

Kate! Not Kate! She was so sweet to her fellow designers and helpful and BFFS with Helen and looks like she gives great hugs and UGH.

She was also a talented designer. Her looks have been some of the strongest in season 12. BRING HER BACK AGAIN! NEW TWIST!

Look, I won’t lie. That dress was terrible. Like a cowgirl bridesmaid. The textile was all but covered up. Those pleats. That top. The styling. The colors.

“If I asked this girl to turn around, she would spin out of here,” Nina Garcia sniped. “She looks like she fell into a Kleenex outfit,” guest judge Peter Som read. Ouch.

Oh, they wanna get cute? Let’s get cute. And I am not referring to Alexandria’s design even a little bit. It looked like her model got into a catfight. My verbal jaw dropped when it turned the corner. There were rips and weird proportions and a whole lotta ugly. WHY IS SHE STILL HERE BUT KATE IS GONE.

I understood what Alexander was doing with his pastry-chef-inspired muumuu. I didn’t love it, but I got it. And, hey, it actually looked a bit like a Hostess cupcake. Isn’t that a win given his muse?

“She looks like a cult leader of chocolate,” said Zac Posen. Apparently it was the judges turn to shade this episode.

And why was the double elimination done now? Why not last week? Or the week before? AND SEE TIM GUNN I KNEW YOU USED THAT SAVE WAY TOO EARLY.

Helen spent much of her work time freaking out, which is normal according to the other designers. Her two-piece look — crop top and long skirt on a minimal star print — was a bit funky, grungy and cool. Bradon also got high marks for his BMX-inspired bomber jacket and two-piece dress. It was sexy and evoked a racer spirit.

Justin narrowly missed elimination with his Miss U.S.A. gown. Incorporating the hand sign for “I love you” was sweet, but it was ultimately too plain, too long and had too much white in the design. And it sort of looked like alien faces were staring out from the pattern.

Dom finally took a deserved win for her street-inspired dress, all funky and pink and black and super-sexy fit. She needs to really stick to that aesthetic to secure a place in the finale.

Alas, it’s bittersweet. Kate is gone. But she will go on. We will go on. And there’s always “Project Runway All Stars.”

Now let’s get rid of Alexandria already, shall we?

“Project Runway” airs at 8 p.m. Thursdays on Lifetime.

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